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Google to pay $74 mn yearly to Canada's news industry under new online law

Canada's government has said it has reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute USD 100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country's news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The agreement removes a threat by Google to block the ability to search for Canadian news on Google in Canada. Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta already has been blocking Canadian news since earlier this year. "Google has agreed to properly support journalists, including local journalism," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. "Unfortunately Meta continues to completely abdicate any responsibility towards democratic institutions." Pascale St-Onge, the minister of Canadian heritage, said that Google will contribute USD 100 million Canadian (USD 74 million) indexed to inflation in financial support annually for a wide range of news businesses across the country. "It's good for the news sector. If

YouTube users have to disclose altered content that looks realistic: Google

In a bid to tighten norms to tackle deepfakes, Google on Wednesday said content creators on YouTube will have to disclose any altered or synthetic content that they post on the platform. Google said it will enable the removal of AI-generated or other synthetic or altered content on YouTube that simulates an identifiable individual, including their face or voice, using its privacy request process. "In the coming months, YouTube will require creators to disclose altered or synthetic content that is realistic, including using AI tools, and we'll inform viewers about such content through labels in the description panel and video player. We're committed to working with creators before this rolls out to make sure they understand the new requirements," Google said in a blog post. The development comes within a week of Union cabinet minister for electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw and minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar directing social media platforms to strictly

Google Slides presentation recording feature: Know how to record and more

The feature is only accessible using Google Chrome on desktops. However, users can find and view their recording using the Drive mobile app.

Google Drive's document scanner now available on iPhones and iPads: Details

The new document scanner for Google Drive is now rolling out for both Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google Accounts on iOS and iPadOS

Google Pixel 8 Pro gets first AI Core update to power on-device features

AI Core service will run in the background similar to Android System Intelligence update, something the user will not directly interact with

Google to investigate user claims of missing files on Drive for desktop

Google recommends users to make a copy of the app data folder on their hard Drive if they have enough space.

Google will start deleting 'inactive' accounts in December, check details

Have a Google account you haven't used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week. Under Google's updated inactive account policy, which the tech giant announced back in May, accounts that haven't been used in at least two years could be deleted. Accounts deemed inactive could be erased beginning Friday. If you have an account that's deemed inactive and at risk for deletion, you should receive notices from Google sent to the email affiliated with that account and its recovery address (if one exits). But if you're still catching up on this new policy and want to ensure that your content on Google Drive, Docs, Gmail and more is saved here's what you need to know. WHY IS GOOGLE DELETING INACTIVE ACCOUNTS In May's announcement, Google credited its inactive account update to security issues. Accounts that haven't been used for a long time are more likely to be compromised, the company said noting that forgotten or unattended .

Google Messages now supports Ultra HDR image sharing via RCS chats: Report

Non-HDR displays will continue to show standard image, while HDR panels will boost the colour and contrast of the image using the shared HDR metadata

Google Bard gets the ability to analyse YouTube video content: Details

If you're looking for videos on how to make olive oil cake, you can now ask Bard how many eggs the recipe in the first video requires

Google rolls out hand-raise gesture detection for Meet: Know details

The hand-raise gesture detection feature will have no admin control and will be set to OFF by default

OpenAI CEO ouster followed disagreements between Sam Altman, board

The disputes echo longstanding rifts within OpenAI over the responsible development of powerful AI tools - issues that have plagued the company since its inception

Google rolls-out experimental 'Notes' feature for search in India: Details

Notes is available as an opt-in experiment in the Google app on both iOS and Android devices with support for English and Hindi languages

China will be at the forefront of AI, says Alphabet's Sundar Pichai

The scale of AI work in China "is just astounding to see," Pichai said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco, in an on-stage interview by Bloomberg's Emily Chang

Goyal meets YouTube CEO, discusses opportunity to collaborate in India

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday (local time) met YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. The two sides discussed how India presents a huge opportunity for YouTube to further expand its collaboration.Taking to X, Piyush Goyal stated, "Delighted to meet Mr. @NealMohan, CEO of YouTube. We discussed how India presents a huge opportunity for @YouTube to further expand collaboration & footprint in the country with its: Thriving digital ecosystem Growing content space Young & diverse demography."Meanwhile, Piyush Goyal, who is on a four-day visit to US, earlier held a meeting with the CEO of Micron Technology Sanjay Mehrotra and discussed how India's growing semiconductor ecosystem presents vast opportunities for company to collaborate and expand its footprint in India.Taking to X, he stated, "Met Mr. Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO & President of @MicronTech. Discussed how India's growing semiconductor ecosystem presents vast opportunities for the company to ...

Google Drive gets redesigned homepage, new Activity section showing updates

New homepage design shows more suggested contents in a list view' Notification section has been replaced with Activity

WhatsApp backup on Android to count towards Google Account storage

WhatsApp backup experience on Android will be in line with how it works on other platforms, says Google

Nothing brings iMessage to its Android flagship with Chats app: Details

Nothing Chats will start rolling out iMessage for Nothing Phone (2) users from November 17 in the US, the UK, and the EU via Play Store

For Google Play, dominating the Android ecosystem was 'existential'

Epic is seeking to show that executives at the Alphabet Inc. unit were eager to discourage the proliferation of third-party app stores that would cut into Google Play's operating profit

Here's why Google will delete millions of Gmail accounts in December

In May, Ruth Kricheli, vice president of product management at Google, said that starting in December, the company will update its inactivity policy for Google accounts across all its products

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in Google Play trial on Tuesday

Epic, which makes the popular Fortnite game, plans to call Pichai on Tuesday to testify in San Francisco federal court for the trial that began Nov. 6, an Epic spokeswoman told Bloomberg News